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... knew , Of the old warriors of Buccleuch ; And , would the noble Duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain , Though stiff his hand , his voice though weak , He thought even yet , the sooth to speak , That , if she loved the harp to ...
... knew , Of the old warriors of Buccleuch ; And , would the noble Duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain , Though stiff his hand , his voice though weak , He thought even yet , the sooth to speak , That , if she loved the harp to ...
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... knew , her mother dread , Before lord Cranstoun she should wed , Would see her on her dying bed . XI . Of noble race the Ladye came ; Her father was a clerk of fame , Of Bethune's line of Picardie : He learned the art , that none may ...
... knew , her mother dread , Before lord Cranstoun she should wed , Would see her on her dying bed . XI . Of noble race the Ladye came ; Her father was a clerk of fame , Of Bethune's line of Picardie : He learned the art , that none may ...
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... knew it well ! It was the Spirit of the Flood that spoke , And he called on the Spirit of the Fell . XV . RIVER SPIRIT . " Sleepest thou , brother ? " MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . " Brother , nay- On my hills the moon - beams play . From Craik ...
... knew it well ! It was the Spirit of the Flood that spoke , And he called on the Spirit of the Fell . XV . RIVER SPIRIT . " Sleepest thou , brother ? " MOUNTAIN SPIRIT . " Brother , nay- On my hills the moon - beams play . From Craik ...
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... knew the paths to cross ; By wily turns , by desperate bounds , Had baffled Percy's best blood - hounds ; In Eske , or Liddel , fords were none , But he would ride them , one by one ; Alike to him was time or tide , December's snow , or ...
... knew the paths to cross ; By wily turns , by desperate bounds , Had baffled Percy's best blood - hounds ; In Eske , or Liddel , fords were none , But he would ride them , one by one ; Alike to him was time or tide , December's snow , or ...
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... knew , by the streamers that shot so bright , That spirits were riding the northern light . IX . By a steel - clenched postern door , They entered now the chancel tall ; The darkened roof rose high aloof On pillars , lofty , and light ...
... knew , by the streamers that shot so bright , That spirits were riding the northern light . IX . By a steel - clenched postern door , They entered now the chancel tall ; The darkened roof rose high aloof On pillars , lofty , and light ...
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